Soooo... What the f happened that made this guy go from the unplayable tier to every pro player bringing at least one deck with Onyxia in it to every tournament?
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Jun 20, 201654
DarkDenius posted a message on Cairne BloodhoofPosted in: Cairne BloodhoofHeey. Did somebody miss me? Ehh, sad... Whatever. Time for another review by DarkDenius. Mother Earth watches upon us. Cairne Bloodhoof is here.
No backstories.
Beginning with his stats and mana value. It's basically 2x Chillwind Yetis in one card for 6 mana, 3 mana each. 8/10 stats, which is 9 mana for only 6. And in 2 bodies. It's a very sticky minion to be played. He is not dangerous, but annoying. Cairne Bloodhoof is not afraid of devastating mass removals like Twisting Nether, Brawl, Flamestrike, unless it was killed previously. He doesnt pressure your opponent, he jsut allows you to trade a little bit more favourable, because your opponent most likely remain Cairne untouched. Or just transform it into something. Or Entomb it. ell, here it ill be a good news, because then your other heavies will have more chances to remain on board, unless Cairne Bloodhoof was your only big threat.
Another thing is his deathrattle. It synergies well with whatever deathrattle-related cards persist in meta/Standart. Currently he is being widely used as N'Zoth, the Corruptor value-extender. Very solid 6 drop, good deathrattle. Perfect for resurrecting.
But let's remember Pre-WOG times, guys. Remember when it was one of low-tier legendaries? Like "Not to craft, maybe not to dust"? It was like tier 3-4 legendary and was played very rarely, in some deathrattle-rogues? Just imagine that WOG stuff has cycled out, and we have no N'Zoth in Standart. Do you think it ill be as popular as it is now? I doubt. Currently it's a good card, but think further. Yes, he is in Expert Set, so he will be always in Standart, but other cards like Deathwing are expert set too, but not used because there are other cards that are more useful. By the way, one of reasons he wasnt played in pre-Wog is that Naxxramas and GVG cards were there, like Loatheb, Dr. Boom and so on. They were more useful. Now they are gone, so Cairne is used as a not-quite-bad card. People were dusting him with no doubt, now they sorrow that. In 1-2 years those who crafted him will be sorrowing, but dusters will be fine, huh?
Conclusion: IF you got him from a pack - keep it, it's decent. But if you want to craft him - check out if you have other premium-quality legendaries, like Sylvanas Windrunner, Ragnaros the Firelord, staple class ones. Maybe investing 1600 dust there will be more demandful? If you want to play N'Zoth, the Corruptor deecks or some tempo-sticky decks like Tempo-Warrior - crafting him is a good option. but if you just "WANT TO CRAFT STUFF HELP ME PLEASE", then think again. I've seen a person lately who is choosing beteen Sylvanas Windrunner and this card. How are they even comparable? One is top-tier, second is "just a double Yeti".
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The Expert Set:
Neutral legendaries: Onyxia | Baron Geddon | Malygos | Deathwing | Bloodmage Thalnos | Cairne Bloodhoof | Leeroy Jenkins| Harrison Jones |Sylvanas | Ysera | Ragnaros | Alexstrasza | The Black Knight
Class ones: Al'Akir the Windlord | King Krush | Cenarius | Edwin VanCleef | Archmage Antonidas | Tirion Fordring | Jaraxxus | Prophet Velen[Remastered in 26.10.2016] |Grommash Hellscream
The Whispers of the Old Gods Set:
Neutral legendaries: N'Zoth | Soggoth
Other Sets:
| Kel'Thuzad | Arch-Thief Rafaam |
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Oct 22, 20167
jezzpot posted a message on Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndPosted in: Yogg-Saron, Hope's Endwhy did you have to nerf this
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Oct 13, 2016
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FranckN posted a message on Upcoming Content Announcement on November 4thPosted in: NewsCatch up mechanics, like yogg but whith less comunity whining.
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Oct 12, 20162
LordLeogros posted a message on Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndPosted in: Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndSorry haha then it was something similar like Mulch or something I don't remember.
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Oct 9, 20161
The_Terminex posted a message on Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndPosted in: Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndWhy didn't they just move him to Wild instead of destroying him completely. . .
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Oct 6, 20163
piotrix14 posted a message on Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndPosted in: Yogg-Saron, Hope's EndGreat nerf guys, you keep it up :D
P.S. the lucky number was 13 (times two).
P.P.S. here is whole game https://hsreplay.net/replay/UFGjtWErDE3UbZ5J4Ku9zd
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Sep 28, 20168
Infirc posted a message on to all Yoog-hatersPosted in: General DiscussionYou did it, you finally nerfed the last control catch-up mechanic standing, instead of just getting it banned from sanctioned tournaments which was the correct way of doing things you just killed the card, enjoy yourdarkshire counciilman /Zoolock killing you by turn 5 clownfiesta.
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Sep 23, 201615
SpeakOfNothing posted a message on New wild mode, what do you think?Posted in: General DiscussionMight not be stable as an actual play mode, but I've wanted this to be a Tavern Brawl for a long time
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Sep 20, 20164
jainaishot posted a message on [S30 legend] Gnoki's 83% winrate Tempo MagePosted in: [S30 legend] Gnoki's 83% winrate Tempo MageWell when ''tempo'' mage is the most skill intensive tier 1 deck,you realise how shitty the meta has become...
As for the deck remove a cabalist for emperor and you are ready to go.This deck counters hard most of shamans and hunters so it's really strong.
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This game is known for its shitty reconnect feature, I've been playing for a while and there hasn't been a case of "cheating" that I know of.
The closest you can get to cheating is playing Shaman, but your opponent was playing Paladin so that's irrelevant I guess.
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Assassinate can only target enemy minions.
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Wow
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4 out of the last 8 legendaries I opened were Pagle.
Edit (13th Sep 2016): Just wanted to post a quick update, So far I've opened 3 legendaries since this comment was made, They were Boogie Monster, mandatory Pagle Darkfisher, and an Anub'arak.
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If this card was neutral zoo would go extinct.
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I hate to say this but I have finally given up on this card, It is just bad.
I tried everything to make it work, It has the worst stats ever and The effect isn't even that good.
I got it when I started playing right before the release of TGT and tried it in every deck you can imagine, N'Zoth Paladin, Control Mage, Barnes Decks and even Control Shaman and Deathrattle Hunter, Simply put, This card is only good against Warrior.
A Priest will Entomb it, Aggro and Midrange will just ignore it. An 8 mana 5/7 most of the time since you can't even kill it off. You have to be so far ahead to play it and even then a Ragnaros would be better 90% of the time. The only time it can be considered good is getting it from a Barnes or playing it against a very slow Control Warrior where it can potentially soak up to 2 removals and get resurrected by N'Zoth.
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Good card but a bit overcosted, I think it would see a ton more play if it costed 7 instead, Not like Shaman needs a buff right now but i'm very sure they will once priest gets their 3 mana 8/8 and Trogg rotates out.
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All f2p and new players would appreciate it if this card was a part of the prologue.. It isn't like it's consistent anyway.. If you want a legendary you'd still have to craft it.
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People thought this was a joke card, Turned out to be one of the better cards out there, In the right deck it can draw 2 - 3 cards and generate a ton of value! Shows you how crazy the old Ancient of Lore was.